New HealthCorps Navigator Profile – Grace Capreol

New HealthCorps Navigator Profile – Grace Capreol

Meet Grace Capreol, a new HealthCorps Navigator serving as an Emerging Technologies Coordinator at CHC! Can you tell us a bit about your educational background?   – I studied Exercise Science at the University of Delaware for two years, but transferred to the University of Connecticut and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Allied Health Science.   What about joining CHC most excites you?   – The opportunity to serve in and learn about the varying aspects of health care…

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Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” Candlelight Vigil

Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” Candlelight Vigil

The following is a note from Martha Trevey about the Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” candlelight vigil: On Thursday evening I had the opportunity to attend Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” candlelight vigil. Prudence Crandall is one of WYA’s (Wherever You Are, CHC’s health care for the homeless program) community partners. Our WYA team travels to the center weekly to provide both acute and primary care to women and men in residence. The evening proved to be a meaningful gathering of…

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Susannah Fox, Director of Digital Strategy, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Susannah Fox, Director of Digital Strategy, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Mark and Margaret speak with Susannah Fox, Director of Digital Strategy at the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Ms. Fox has been analyzing the intersection of technology and health care for over a decade, focusing on the cultural shifts taking place in health care, specifically in the areas of mobile technology and chronic disease.

Flu Trends and Shots

Flu Trends and Shots

What are your chances of getting the flu this season?  It’s the sort of question many of us think about this time of year.  Being the geek that I am, I like to look at Google Flu Trends.  They have a graph of reported flu activity, based on Google searches.  They’ve found that certain searches can be a good indicator of actual flu activity. One thing that I find interesting about their data is that they have a graph of…

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New Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Jaclyn Jones

New Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Jaclyn Jones

                     Meet Jaclyn Jones, a new Nurse Practitioner in Residency at CHC!     –          Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? B.A. Kinesiology from Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA MSN from Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT  –          What about joining CHC most excites you? Being a part of an organization that believes in a person’s right to health care and who also believes in training the next generation. –          If not seeing patients/serving at CHC…

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Gardening Culture at CHC

Gardening Culture at CHC

Gardening is fast-becoming an important part of what goes on at the Community Health Center, Inc. The health center has fostered a gardening culture for many years, but the last several months have seen a spike in activity due to the construction of the new building at 675 Main Street in Middletown. At the crown of this new building sits a tremendous rooftop garden, which features one of the largest self-sustaining living walls in the United States in addition to…

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